dont think so , FA Cup magic at work here. chelsea should and would be wise to just play their own game and not be concern of who is the opponent at all, be it top 4 club or bottom feeder club . if its FA Cup , everyone hv a fair chance of winning it.

The 5th round draw would commence at 1AM.





Here's the remaining 16 teams:

1 Southampton
2 Reading
3 Derby County
4 Cardiff City
5 Stoke City
6 Notts County or Wigan Athletic
7 Scunthorpe United or Manchester City
8 West Bromwich Albion
9 Birmingham City
10 Fulham
11 Bolton Wanderers
12 Portsmouth
13 Chelsea
14 Aston Villa
15 Wolverhampton Wanderers or Crystal Palace
16 Tottenham Hotspur or Leeds United

This post has been edited by plokoon: Jan 24 2010, 11:41 PM

the only big 4...
yeaahhh!!

the goliath scenario doesnt relate to us at all. arsenal got booted out because they field in a very young team, most probably because they want their best players in a string of strong games in the premier league, i dont know. but stoke was underestimated and they punished our london rivals. i think the strong squad that we have, we'll be able to coop with the amount of competitions we're still running for provided all of them give their best. the players who are in the reserves can contribute in games like the fa cup and premier league while the main players concentrate on the prem and champions league.

Now, let's focus to the next game which is against Birmingham..
I believe Ancelotti was trying to keep every player fresh for every game..
Expect the line-up on Thursday will be much different
Don't forget that we have 2 games advantage in hands...
So, let's regain the top spot once again.

This post has been edited by gothmy: Jan 25 2010, 12:51 AM

We are drawn against Cardiff City..
Chelsea vs Cardiff City..

Ivory Coast has crashed out of the African Nations q-finals. Drogba and Kalou are back!!!

second best news for today!

without a shadow of a doubt the best news so far!! didier and kalouuuu welcome back to the briiiiiiddgeeeee! (a little harsh on ivory coast, but hey nobody wanted them to leave in the first place )

Wohoooo~~~ Drogba and Kolou are back! yeap,abit harsh on ivory >.<

But I hope that CA dun play long ball if Drogba come back. Hope he change some new tactic that can work like magic like we use to beat Sunderland.

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Added on January 25, 2010, 10:01 amI think the strongest Opponent for us is Manchester City,Birmingham City and Aston Villa.

This post has been edited by ericling: Jan 25 2010, 10:01 AM

wow man u on top hahahahaha
and arsenal on 2nd

Not to mention more matches to play! All our closest challengers are out, but it remains to be seen as well as the UCL is only restarting mid Feb.

But what the hey! We love the Cup don't we?

good draw. lookin forward to our next BPL game, cant wait.

i wanted to see terry lift up the cup once again. and it will be a moral boost for us after we were crowned champion for EPL. i stil remember how we retain the same title for several seasons.

anelka is on form right now, didi needs to double his accuracy to win the position back from anelka as the current dangerous striker for blues.

plokoon, you should update the player's goal for Brana. the goal was credited to him after being declared an own goal by knight.

sorry for the trouble. lol!

remeber blues; we got 2 games in hand & we must pick up maximum pts to sustain the BPL lead... no more slip-ups...

yeah..in our form now..n the return of Mr. DD.. its just

btw, r we sitting 3rd now

Wow...cardiff city....definitely your young guns gonna get to play again..

Roger that!

oh....then when will drogba able to play ya? think next game he will play? or will rest him due to the african cup?

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Added on January 26, 2010, 11:12 amn oh, will anelka be lone striker or will sturridge pair in ohh?

This post has been edited by Krovaxq: Jan 26 2010, 11:12 AM

i think against Birmingham Drogba wont play yet..the next game against Burnley he will play...

Against Birmingham

Cech
Iva,Terry,Ricky,Ashley
Ballack,Deco,Lampard
Joe Cole,Malouda
Anelka

I really want to play wide against Birmingham...